Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 CPN who has a strong sense of initiative and an excellent team working ability to join our team!

This comes at a time of transformation in mental health services under the community mental health framework and will give the successful candidate opportunities to work within mental health, together + where there are new treatment pathways set up with different interventions being offered to service users. This role will allow the clinician to focus on delivering these, but also develop skills in working with the wider population.The post holder will receive support from an established team and regular supervision.

Main duties of the job

• Mental Health Services Nationally are undergoing significant transformation under the Community Mental Health Framework.
• The role would include being involved in the assessment and management of clients with various mental health conditions. Training and support will be provided for this.
• We also encourage innovative ideas and to contribute to service improvement. Your clinical competence and confidence is important to us, but in equal measure with your genuine kindness and compassion for your colleagues and patients.
• To deliver an effective service it is essential that you are able to travel between bases in a timely manner

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Britton House

High Street Gillingham

Gillingham

ME7 1AL

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Britton House

High Street Gillingham

Gillingham

ME7 1AL

Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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